Let’s be honest: healthcare in the US is expensive. Sometimes prohibitively so. This is why more and more Americans are turning to holistic therapies outside of (or complementary to) Western medicine. But it’s not just herbs and crystals–there are a variety of such therapies out there. You’ve even heard of some of them in the mainstream. Here are five of our favorites. 1. Cupping If you watched Michael Phelps and his odd circular bruises winning gold medals in the Rio Olympics, then you’re familiar with cupping. It’s basically what the name implies–there are cups involved. They can be bamboo, glass, earthenware, or silicone, but they’re cups. In a cupping session, a therapist will take special cups and place them on your skin for a few minutes in order to create suction. This will, among other things, create those odd circular bruises. The basic idea is that this process will help stimulate blood flow to the applied regions, as well as r...